POLICE VISIBILITY – A policeman secures a public market in Iloilo City. Additional cops have been deployed in the city which is under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) to curb COVID-19 cases. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – Crime went down 82 percent in this city which has been under...
Jarvey Gayoso Kaya-Iloilo made a significant addition more than a week before its AFC Champions League playoff with the signing of Philippine Azkals member Jarvey Gayoso. The club made the announcement Sunday, June 13 as Gayoso joins the top Philippines Football League side after playing last...
Individual and corporate donations keep the soup kitchen-styled feast of Iloilo staples going and going for the benefit of frontliners Photos by Ray Tabafunda COMFORT FOOD One of the dishes served in the program is Deco’s La Paz batchoy The sixth annual Sabores de Visayas might not have been the...
Photo from Kaya-Iloilo Facebook page Kaya-Iloilo was officially awarded a spot in a playoff round match of the AFC Champions League against China’s Shanghai Port on June 23. The Asian Football Confederation made the announcement Sunday, June 6, days after the Brisbane Roar became one of three...
Alex’s art blooms in his new exhibit As an artist, Alex Ordoyo is highly aware of how the human race will always be intertwined with the natural world and how the story of life resembles the Bible, from Genesis to the Apocalypse. Alex Ordoyo in his studio The biblical storyline keeps on...
What normally is a gala dinner held in plush places like the front lawn of the Beaux-Arts mansion Nelly Garden in Iloilo City turns into a benefit kitchen for 1,200 frontliners in answer to the call of the times Photos by Ray Tabafunda and Kevin de Asis ILONGGO CHARITY Chef Tibong adjusts the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) would welcome any investigation concerning the death of a National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant during a police raid in Pavia, Iloilo, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said Sunday, May 30. PNP Chief Eleazar said they are "open to any...
When MECQ rules ease off and travel bans are lifted, plan a trip to Iloilo City, where eating is always a festival Among the many cities and provinces that claim the title “food capital of the Philippines,” Iloilo is one most worthy of the epithet. The charming province in the Western Visayan...
FLAG BURNING – The flag of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing the New People’s Army (NPA) is burned during the massive surrender of NPA militia members in Iloilo. (3rd ID photo) ILOILO CITY – At least 70 militia members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Iloilo...
The government will closely guard provinces with reported surge in coronavirus cases, readying contingency plans to deploy more testing kits, vaccines, and possibly health workers to help slow down the transmission. A resident of Paranaque gets vaccinated at a vaccination site inside a mall in...
The government's pandemic task force has placed Iloilo City and retained Apayao, Benguet, and Cagayan under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) until the end of the month due to the surge of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. More areas placed under MECQ until May 31, 2021 Based on...
Now reborn, the artist collective embraces individuality while practicing unity The COVID-19 pandemic is an unlikely time, but it is an opportune time for Baysulangpu Artists Society to stage a comeback in the Iloilo art scene with its first formal art exhibition in more than a dozen years. In...
